Cellular Neurology

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Our research focus is on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases, with a special emphasis on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer´s disease and other cerebral proteopathies. Alzheimer's disease is the most frequently occurring age-related dementia, with more than 1 million people affected in Germany. As of 2010 our department is also part of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)...more Info

Research groups & units

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Jucker Lab

Cerebral proteopathy is a unifying term for neurodegenerative diseases in which aggregated … more Info

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Neher Lab

An immune response is part of most neurological diseases, and the development of late-onset Alzheimer’s … more Info

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Kronenberg-Versteeg Lab

Glial cells are highly abundant in the mammalian brain, yet many questions regarding their development, function, and involvement indisease remain unanswered… more Info

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Käser Unit

Processes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases start many years before the onset of the first clinical symptoms… more Info

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Laske Unit

The Dementia Research Unit is a clinical reseach unit of the Department of Cellular Neurology and the Department of Psychiatry… more Info

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Core Unit

The Core Unit supports department members in routine work and administrative issues. … more Info

DirectorDepartment of Cellular Neurology
Prof. Dr. Mathias JuckerPhone +49 (0)7071 29-86863mathias.jucker@uni-tuebingen.deAddress

Hertie Center of Neurology
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research
Department Cellular Neurology

Otfried-Müller-Straße 27
D-72076 Tübingen

Coordination

Gisela Rose
Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-81947
Fax: +49 (0)7071 29-4721
gisela.roseuni-tuebingen.de 

Lab Management

Dr. Jörg Odenthal
Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-86862
Fax: +49 (0)7071 29-4757
joerg.odenthaluni-tuebingen.de 

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"Alzheimer - Neue Medikamente geben Hoffnung" (May 15, 2023)
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